Justice Ginsburg Slams Supreme Court’s ‘Hubris’ In Fiery Dissent On Voting Rights Act

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5. I'd earlier wondered why she didn't retire earlier in Obama's first term...

... so as not to risk a Romney nominating her replacement and Obama to name one instead during the first term.

Now I see why. She's the most liberal voice on this court, and one that's really needed probably all the way up until the end of Obama's second term at least. With the way Obama's been lately, he might have nominated a more corporatist justice to replace her, and the way things have been going lately on this court, we need every ounce of liberal bent that we can get, and I think she knows this!